MAKING INFERENCES"Reading between the lines"The reader must put together the information the author provides and the information that the reader already knows to come up with the answer.
It is important for you to differentiate between facts and inferences, and this inference activity will help you to do just that. After reading a story (pick Where The Red Fern Grows), make a two-column chart on the board with the headings “Fact” and “Inference.” Then write various facts or inferences into the appropriate column.
The difference between the facts and the inferences: you can point to a fact in the text, whereas with an inference, you can point to something in the text that seems to hint at the inference. Make sure that you are able to point at the sentence in the text that helps you make that inference.
Visit the following websites and complete the activities
Inferences Riddle Game
What Can You Infer?
What Can You Infer #2?
Inference Battleship
Making Inferences
Inferences vs. Facts
It is important for you to differentiate between facts and inferences, and this inference activity will help you to do just that.
After reading a story (pick Where The Red Fern Grows), make a two-column chart on the board with the headings “Fact” and “Inference.” Then write various facts or inferences into the appropriate column.
The difference between the facts and the inferences: you can point to a fact in the text, whereas with an inference, you can point to something in the text that seems to hint at the inference. Make sure that you are able to point at the sentence in the text that helps you make that inference.